Raspberry Friands - cooking recipe

Ingredients

175 g butter, melted and cooled
1 cup ground almonds
1 1/2 cups icing sugar
1/2 cup flour
5 egg whites
1 teaspoon raspberry essence
1 cup fresh raspberry (you can use frozen)

Preparation

Preheat oven to 220\u00b0C.
Spray a tray of friand moulds (or a muffin tray) with non stick baking spray.
Place the ground almonds, icing sugar and flour in a mixing bowl.
Add the unbeaten egg whites and mix together.
Add the melted butter and raspberry essence and mix well.
Spoon approximately a tablespoon of mixture into each mould. Place a few raspberries in each mould then cover with the remaining mixture.
Bake for 5 minutes, then turn oven down to 200C and bake a further 12-15 minutes.
Cool in tin for 5 minutes before turning out on to wire rack to cool.